Railway-rail joint.



w. WALLACE. RAILWAY BAIL JOINT. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 21, 1969.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

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WILLIAM WALLACE, or SYDNEY, nova scorn, ,enuzon.

Toddll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WIILIAM WALLAoma subject of the King of :England,residing at Sydney, Cape Breton, in the Province of NovaScotia,.Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railway-Rail Joints; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it This inventionrelates torailwaly rail joints and has for one of itsobjects to improvethe construction and increase the efc1ency and utility of devices ofthis character. i I

' Another object of the" invention is to not only providearigid supportfor the rails and their joints .butalso to tie therails toa sectiononthe line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 i

is a section on-the' line 55 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the rails are represented by the characters 1011, ofthe'usual form, the joint between two of the rails bein indicated at 13.Bearing upon the inner face of the vertical webs of the rails at thejoint is a clamp or fish plate 14 of the usual form, and provided with aplurality of spaced transverse-apertures 15 to receive the clampingmeans, as hereafter explained. Bearing upon the opposite side of therail is another clamp or fish'plate 16, the latter having apertures 1718near its ends, and a relatively long slot 19 centrally of the plate. Thevertical webs of the rails 10 are provided with transverse elongatedapertures 20 with which the aperturesin the clamp plates register, andlikewise with which the slot 19 re isters at its ends as shown in Fig.3. Fitting in the slot 19 is a relatively short U-bolt 21 with itsterminals threaded and extending through two of the slots 20 at oppositesides I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 21,1909. Serial No. 508,467.

RAILWAY-RAIL JoIN'r.

Patented Nov. o, 1909.

of the joints 13 and likewise through two oi the apertures 15 of thefish plate '14 and provideo with clamp nuts 22-23 bearing upon the outerface o the member 14. Bearing against the outer face of the member 16and likewise extending .over the U-bolt 21, is a relatively long U-bolt24 having its terminals threaded and extending through the aper' tures17-18 of the member 16. and likewise through the, outer slots 20 and theouter spew tures 1 5 and "provided with clamp nuts 25 -26 bearingagainst the outer face of th clamp plate 14. The lower edges of theplates 14 16 extend toand engage-the u per faces of the tie flangeportioneof 1 0 rails as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and-5.

Bearm .beneath he rails -10-11- at the joint 13 is a supportingplate '27haying open recesses 28 in its ends, and bearmgsupon the'tie flanges ofthe rails are other lates- 2930, the inner edges of the plates 2 -30likewise bearing the fish plate 14-16,,asshown. The plates instthe outerfaces of a 29-30 are directed downwardly over the I outer edges of thetie flanges of the rails:

and hear u on the late 27, and are likewise provi ed with ateralprojections 31 centrally/thereof, the projections also bearing upon theplate 27, as shown. Theextenslo ns 31-32 are provided with open recesses33-34 corresponding to the recesses 28 of the plate 27. Clamp bolts 3536 extend through the recesses 3334, and

are provided with clamp nuts 37-38, where- I bly the members 27--29-- 3Oare firmly e amped together. By means of the open recesses themembers2930 together with their extensions are adjustable toward and away fromthe rails, asrequired. The extension 32 is provided with cavities 39-40at its juncture with the member 30, and

bearing dp'on the extension 32' is the laterally extended end 41 of abrace bar 42.

The extended end 41 is provided with'a ertures fitting over the bolts36, and is eld in position by the clamp nuts 38. The extension 41 is"likewise provided with down- .wardly directed lips 43 44 extending intothe recesses 39-40, and thereby materially assisting in holding thebrace member from lateral movement, and relieving the bolts 36 largelyfrom lateral strains. At its outer end the brace member 42 extendsbeneath the opposite rail 46 and is bent around the outer tie flange asshown at 45. By this porting member end provided with;

portin ends, I p I tical webs,

means the rails 1011 and the rail 46 are firmly tied together, andefifectugill pre vented from lateral or spreading movement,

It will be noted that i very strong rigid coupling is produced I tweenthe rails is firmly united, and held from displacement under the severestrains to Which devices of this character are'suhjected, and whereinall of the parts coast to support each other.

The plates l4-l6 together with theclainp devices 2l24 may be of anyrequired length, and the parts adapted terialstructu'ral changes torails of various sizes and Weights, as will he understood.

Whatfis claimed is v =l. A 'reilwaylreil joint comprising a supextendingbeneathv the rail ends, and providedwith open recesses in the ends,clamp plates bearing against the vertical vv'ebs, clamp members bearingupon the 'tie flanges and against the clamp plates extensions engagingupon thefs'upporting niernber, said extensions havingwp'e'n" recessesinthe sides registering with the recesses bf the supporting member, clarnpbolts operating through said registering" recesses," and connectingmeansbetween the chain plates and. operating throu h the vertica l websof therails.

' 23- railway" rail joint comprising a supmember, extending beneath therail ceinp plates bearing against the verone of said clamp plates havingan intermediate longitudinal slot, and transwhereby the joint he--Without 111a:-

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verse apertures near the ends, and the other clam) plate havingtrains-verse apertu registering with the apertures and slot of the firstmentioned plate, chimp members hearing upon the tie flanges and againstthe provided with extensions engaging upon the supporting member,connecting means between the' supporting member and the clam members,connecting means between the clamp plates and operating ill'lYOUgli the.

and e brace n1c1n-,

vertical Webs of the rails, 7 her connected at one end to one of saidclamp members and adapted to be coupled to the opposite rail at itsother end. I

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signeture, in presence of twovWitnesses.

WILLIAM WALLACE. I Witnesses:

JOHN E. KEHL, A. M. MACKENZIE.

